There is No Such Thing as a Sight Word

Thank you for attending this session presented by Kelli Sandman-Hurley, EdD and Tracy Block-Zaretsky, EdD.

Your feedback is important.  Please complete this brief survey to reflect on the quality of the presentation, the topic and your connection to the learning objectives.

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* 1. Overall, how would you rate the quality of this session?

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* 2. How do you rate the relevance of this topic?

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* 3. Overall, how do you rate the quality of the speaker's presentation?

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* 4. Will the materials (e.g. ideas, resources, websites, manipulatives) shared during this
workshop prove valuable to YOUR practice?

In the next series of questions, please reflect on and evaluate your achievement of the learning objectives for this session according to the following scale:

5 = Full comprehension of and ability to apply the skill
4 = Sufficient comprehension of and ability to apply the skill
3 = Partial comprehension of and ability to apply the skill
2 = Limited comprehension of and ability to apply the skill
1 = Unable to comprehend or apply the skill

N/A -The stated objective was not covered during the presentation

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* 5. Describe the underpinnings of English orthography as representative of more than just phonology

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* 6. Explain the importance of using graphemes in teaching

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* 7. Use word sums and matrices to help students see the underlying structure of a word

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* 8. Investigate the etymology of a word in order to explain and teach its current spelling

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* 9. Explain why most “sight words” are not really sight words at all

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* 10. Do you have any other comments, questions, or suggestions?

Thank you for your feedback.  It will be used for future planning and consideration of program offerings in the coming year.

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